Plain-language summary (this site, across all records below)
Jones has 2 sustained major discipline records from Essex Co Corrections, spanning 2022 to 2025. The records include a termination and a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Firearms Violation; N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(6) Conduct unbecoming; N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(12) Other sufficient cause:.
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Correctional Officer Andre Jones was both suspended for 617 days and terminated by the Essex County Department of Corrections in 2025. The record states that while reporting for the 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. shift in May 2025, Jones struck an officer in the sternum and placed another officer in a chokehold. He was charged with third-degree aggravated assault and entered PTI. A consent order of forfeiture and disqualification from public employment was entered on October 17, 2025.
While reporting for the 10pm to 6am shift in May 2025, Officer Jones struck an officer in the sternum. Officer Jones placed another officer in a chokehold. Officer Jones was charged with counts of third degree Aggravated Assault pursuant to NJSA 2C:12-1b(7) and NJSA 2C:12-1b(5)(a). Officer Jones entered PTI. A PTI Order and Consent Order of Forfetiure of and Disqualifcation of Public Employment was entered October 17, 2025.
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Officer Andre Jones received a seven-day suspension from the Essex County Department of Corrections in 2022 on a sustained firearms violation. The record states that when Jones was arrested at his home on September 23, 2021, police located his department-issued weapon unsecured on a bed in a child's room, unloaded, with a 15-round hollow point magazine. The department found that Jones failed to store his weapon in an authorized, secure location off duty.
On September 23, 2021 Officer Jones was arrested at his home. On July 7, 2021 all the charges against Officer Jones were dismissed however, during his arrest the Police Department located Officer Jones's department issued weapon, unsecured on the bed in the kids room unloaded with 15 rounds (hollow point) magazine and a round which was assumed to be racked out of the chamber. Officer Jones failed to exercise caution in handling his firearm off duty, by not storing his weapon in an authorized , secure location and in a safe condition. As a result of the policy violation he received a 7 day suspension.
Compensation and pension
No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows a termination; a terminated officer would not have an active PFRS/SPRS record at this agency, which is one reason no match may exist here. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Other general possibilities include insufficient vesting, a role not covered by PFRS or SPRS, a deferred or vested status not reflected in a current snapshot, or a data-matching limitation. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
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Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(4): Chronic or excessive absenteeism or lateness N.J.A.C.4A:2-2.3(a)(12): Other sufficient cause (Violation of…
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Andre Jones's major discipline record?
Jones has 2 sustained major discipline records from Essex Co Corrections, spanning 2022 to 2025. The records include a termination and a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Firearms Violation; N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(6) Conduct unbecoming; N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(12) Other sufficient cause:.
What is Andre Jones's major discipline record at Essex County Corrections?
Andre Jones has 2 major discipline records at Essex County Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022, 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Andre Jones's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Andre Jones's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2025.
How does Essex County Corrections score on this site's report card?
This site's report card places Essex County Corrections in the lowest fifth of peers of its peer group on reported internal affairs volume and discipline severity. The grade is analysis by this site, not an official rating, and it describes the department, not Andre Jones individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 298. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2150. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩